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Namespace Aspect

    <CLSCompliant(True)> _
    Public Interface IVerb
        ReadOnly Property UIName() As String
    End Interface

    Public Interface IContractable
        ReadOnly Property RegisterName() As String
    End Interface

    <CLSCompliant(True)> _
    Public Interface IAspect
        Inherits IVerb
        ReadOnly Property AspectID() As Guid
        ReadOnly Property AspectUIName() As String
        'TODO: management operations should be addable as aspects and not declared here
        'ReadOnly Property UserActions() As IUserAction() 
        Property DelegateInfo() As DelegateInfo
        Sub BeforeInvoke(ByVal args() As Argument)
    End Interface

    Public Interface IAspectAction
        Inherits IAspect
        Sub Execute(ByVal args() As Argument)
    End Interface

    Public Interface IAspectFunction
        Inherits IAspect
        Function GetItem(Of T As New)(ByVal Outputs() As OutputMapping, ByVal args() As Argument) As T
        Function GetItems(Of T As New)(ByVal Outputs() As OutputMapping, ByVal args() As Argument) As T()
        Function GetValue(Of T As IConvertible)(ByVal args() As Argument) As T
        Function GetValues(Of T As IConvertible)(ByVal args() As Argument) As T()
    End Interface

End Namespace
